Quick definitions from WordNet (reed)▸ noun:a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it ("The clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece")▸ noun:United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)▸ noun:United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)▸ noun:tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites▸ noun:a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed▸ name: A surname (very common: 1 in 819 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #55)▸ name: A male given name (rare: 1 in 10000 males; popularity rank in the U.S.: #661)
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